Game apparatus



Ailg. 10 1926. r w. F. SCHACHT GAME APPARATUS Filed Feb. 3, 192

Aug. 10, 1926.

WILLIAM F. SCI-IACHT,'OF HUNTINGTON, INDIANA,

GAME APPARATUS.

Application filed February This invention is a novel improvement in gameapparatus which in y be either used in quoits, or horseshoe pitching games, the ame being played by pitching rings, quoits,

or horse-shoes over pins.-

The object of thepresent inventionis to provide a game of this character which can be safely played iii-doors, on tables, or doors, without injury thereto and without injuringadjacent pieces of furniture, The present invention has particular reference to the standard or pin member of the game and means for supporting samein operative position, and urther provides novel supports having supplemental shorter pins over which rings or horseshoes may be thrown or pitched, the pins having certain numericalrelation to each other, so that the. total number of points made by the player would depend upon the number of times he rings the various pins. The invention in brief comprises a base or support for the pin, preferably made circular or disk-like in shape, and 01 rubber-,also having the'features of construction hereinafter referred to, and also having a central pin support projection or boss on its upper side, and a plurality of equidistant spaced stub pins or studs on its upper side adjacent its periphery spaced equidistant from the central boss. Rising from the central boss is a pin preferably of metal and preferably attached to or engaged with the boss, as hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings 1 have illustrated one preferred form of the game device and will explain the same with reference thereto to enable others to adopt and use the invention, and will refer to the claims for summaries of the essential features and construction of parts for which protection is desired;

In said drawings 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the game apparatus embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 a central vertical sectional view thereof on the line 2 -2, Fig. 1.

is a vertical sectional view mocrfed form of base,

F- is a detail or the central boss. The base 1 shown in the drawings is preferably circular or disk-shaped and formed of vulcanized rubber, and it also preferably is formed with a thickened annular marginal portion l @1 9 central annular of a 3, 1928. Serial No. 85,675.

thickened portion 1 connected with the outer annular portion 1 by a thinner pliable web portion 1 which insures that the base will firmly adhere by suction to the flat surface on which it is placed. The central portion 1 is provided with a central annuprojection 1 which is preferably formed integral with the portion 1 and is provided in its upper ertical socket 1, into which is adapted to be fitted'the lower end of a pin 2, preferably metallic,- and the lower end of the socket 1 is provided with an interior enlargement or recess 1 which is adapted to accommodate an enlarged head 2 on the lower end of the pin 2. The diameter of the socket l is preferably somewhat smaller than the diameter ot' the pin 2 in order that the boss will close around the pin 2 owing to the resiliency of the rubber and retain the pin in the socket by the resiliency of the rubber.

This construction enables the pin to be de-- tached from the base for convenience in transporting or packing the game, but the pin can be engaged with the base by forcing its head through the socket until the head engages the recess 1 whereupon owing to the resiliency of the rubber the boss will close around the pin and engage the shank of the pin and securely retain the same in position as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and this construction which enables the pin to be readily assembled instead of being permanently attached to the base, is one of .the practical valuable features of the invention, In some cases the pin might be se side with an axially disposed cured to the base-in various other ways,

within the broader aspect of the invention, but the preferred form of the invention is to have the base molded with an enlarged recess i and the pin formed accordingly with a head 2 on its end adapted to detachably engage the recess in the manner above described. If desired the enlarged portion l of the socket 1 maybe omitted, and a pin having no head 2 on its lower end inserted in the socket 1, in which case since the diameter of socket 1 is smaller than the pin 2, the pin would be retained in the socket by the resiliency of the material'of the boss, and also by the suction at the lower end of the socket produced when the pin 2 is inserted in the socket.

A further novel is having the base provided with a plurality of stub pins or projections 3 which feature of the invention" loo standing integral boss provided w.

are preferably spaced equidistant bet-ween centers on the top of the part 1 of the base, and are preferably formed integral therewith, these studs 3 being" preferably smaller in diameter than the central stud 1, and projecting sufliciently above the surface of the disk to permit engagement by a ring, quoit, or horse-shoe, which mightbe pitched thereover in case such quoit, ring, or horseshoe should not engage the pin 2. In practice three or tour studs would ordinarily be enough and of course their number might be varied. In playing the game these dit- 1erent studs 3 may have the same 01 dir :rent value, preterably having different numerical values, the numerical value of the studs 3 being less than the'numerical value oft-he pin 2. For example, the pin might have anumerical value of 25 and the studs have a numerical value of 5, 1'0, 15, 20, rerespectively, and the game being determined upon the number of points made, say 100, the number of points made at each play by the player depending upon the particular studs engaged by the rings,

The rings, quoits, or horse-shoes whichare used with the game should also be made otor coated with rubber, so that no metal parts may come in contact with or deface the polished surfaces of fioors or tables, on which the base may be placed in playing the ame, and the rubber rings, quoits or horse-shoes of course will not 1n ure such surfaces even 11"" they strike the same during alaying ot the game.

he construction shown in Fig. 3 illustrates the use of a larger base or web ,301 tion 1, but I do not consider thinvention inits broader aspect restricted to the spe ciiic construction of base described, but the particular construction of base described is very useful important, in that it insures the base will any flat surface on which it is pieced.

What- I claim is:

1. In a game apparatus ofthe character specified a flexible non-metallic base mem' her having a substantially thickened upstanding central boss havi a hole for a pin and a plurality or". equidistant studs adjacent the periphery of the base.

2. In a game apparatus of the character specified a flexible non-metallic disk having a central substantially thickened upstanding integral boss provided with a socket, and a verticalpin retained in the socket by the resiliency of the boss.

8. In a game apparatus of the character specified a flexible non-metallic disk base havingfasubstantially thickened central up adhere by suction to- 5. in a game apparatus of the character spe ified a base member having a substan tially thickened upstanding central boss provic ed with a socket, and a plurality 0t" equidistant studs adjacent its periphery and a pin detachably attached to said boss, said 1 and studs being formed integral of molded rubber;

61in a game apparatus of the character specified a base having a central upstanding rormed of resilient material, said stud 'ing a socket provided with an enlarged recess at its bottmu, and a pin adapted to engage the socket and having an enlargement or head on its lower end adapted to en'- gaa e the enlz-irgement in the bottom of the Fit lrct, whereby the pin is detachably but firmly held in engagement withthe base.

7. 1n game apparatus of the character specified a base having a plurality of equidistant studs on its periphery and a central upstanding stud formed of resilent mate r1 1 said stud having a socket provided with an enlarged recess at its bottom, and

a pin ad Jted to the socket and having an enlargement or head on its lower end adapted to engage the enlargement at the bottom of the socket, whereby the pin is detachably but firmly held in engagement with the base.

8. in a game apparatus of the character specified a flexible non-metallic base having a plurality of equidistant studs on its periphery and central upstanding stud having a socket provided with an enlarged recess at its bottom, and a pin adapted to enthe' socket and having an enlargement or head on its lower end adapted to engage the enlargement at the bottom of thesochet, whereby the pin is detac-hably but firmly held in engagement with the base; said base having a thin annular portion surrounding the central stud and between said stud and the longitudinalstuds. V

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I afix my signature,

E 1A SCHACHT; 

